North Korea hosts a lavish banquet in honour of the country’s nuclear weapons developers

A gala banquet celebrating last week’s hydrogen bomb test, which was so powerful it caused an earthquake

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps during a celebration for nuclear scientists and engineers who contributed to a hydrogen bomb test, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

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Kim Jong-Un is in the cross hairs of its neighbour who plan to strike out if it has too

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The Taurus systems can bomb key nuclear sites in North Korea in just 15 minutes according to defence bosses.

It puts Kim's life at risk with the tyrant known for visiting his regime's nuclear sites.

The drill comes as tensions continue to escalate between North and South Korea over Kim's nuclear missile tests.

South Korea has accelerated its efforts to ramp up military capabilities in the face of a torrent of nuclear weapons tests by North Korea.

Kim's regime was widely condemned after it conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date on September 3.

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Kim Jong-Un inspected missiles before the North did its latest nuclear test

Shortly after the nuke test, Seoul announced it had reached an agreement with Washington to remove the warhead weight limits on South Korean ballistic missiles, which under a bilateral guideline could be built for a maximum range of 800 kilometers (497 miles).

South Korea is also planning a “decapitation unit” that is specially trained to assassinate Kim Jong-un as tensions with North Korea reach breaking point.

A pre-emptive strike against Pyongyang's leadership would be difficult to undertake, but it's widely seen as the most realistic of the limited military options Seoul has to deny a nuclear attack from its rival.

The North said its latest nuclear test was a detonation of a thermonuclear weapon built for its developmental intercontinental ballistic missiles that were flight tested twice in July.

Kim Jong-un was reportedly married to Ri Sol-ju in 2012, but very little is know about her. She has taken long spells away from public appearances, reputedly due to pregnancy

North Korea has angered the international community with its sixth nuclear test

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said the discovery of the xenon-133 isotope is linked to the recent test but it couldn't verify exactly what kind of bomb was detonated because several other isotopes that typically accompany a nuclear explosion were not found.

On Monday, the UN Security Council joined a chorus of condemnation against the hermit state by announcing measures to step up sanctions against North Korea after its nuclear test.